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Week 6: Ethical Implications of IS Flashcards

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What are ethics?

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A set of behaviour standards shared by a group or community

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What are morals?

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Beliefs about right and wrong

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What are laws?

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Rules made by a governing body presumed to be in the interest of the public

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What is meant by freedom?

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Free will and self-ownership. (property rights)

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What is meant by privacy?

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The freedom to keep things to oneself

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What is the ethical relativism theory?

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Ethics are relative to the actor and circumstance

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What is the postmodernism theory?

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Each person is responsible for constructing their own “ethic” and morals

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What is analytical ethics?

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Whether ethical judgements state facts or express attitudes. How moral judgements can be justified.

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What is the Rawlsian Ethical Theory?

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Ethics based on having no advance knowledge of one’s eventual position in society.

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What is the utilitarian ehtical theory?

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“Greatest good for the greatest number”

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What is the consequentialist ethical theory?

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Only the outcomes (consequences) matter. Some is ethical if it works

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What is the non-consequentialist theory?

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Something is ethical if it is done with good intentions

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What is the egoism ethical theory

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Based upon the needs of the individual

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What are the 3 Business ethical theories

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  • Stockholder Theory
  • Stakeholder Theory
  • Social Contract Theory
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What is stockholder theory?

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Organisations exist for the benefit of the stockholders

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What is the stakeholder theory?

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Organisations exist for the benefit of their stake holders, not just the stockholders

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What is the social contract theory?

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Businesses are obligated to organise themselves for the welfare of all society.

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What are anthropological assumptions?

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One’s beliefs regarding human nature

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What are the 2 anthropological assumptions?

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  • That by nature people are good, decent and moral, but capable of being led astray
  • That people are corrupt and selfish by nature but can’t be controlled for the better
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What is meant by culture?

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The conglomerate of accepted laws, social norms and institutions of society.

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